Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
Region III – Central Luzon
Schools Division of Tarlac Province
ARINGIN HIGH SCHOOL
Moncada, Tarlac

FIRST MONTHLY TEST

ENGLISH 7

Name: _____________________________________________ Section: _________

I: Listening: Listen to the teacher as she reads the selection twice and then answer the
questions followed. Choose the letter of the correct answer.
1. Who caught the three star maidens?
a. Farmer b. God c. Star d. Son
2. What happen when the star maiden found her missing wings?
a. She hang in the sky
b. She got them and tore them.
c. She took them and threw them away.
d. She wore them and took her son to her sky world.
3. What did the gods do to help the farmer visit his wife and his son in the sky world?
a. The gods build bridges. c. The gods build a skyway.
b. The gods built stairways. d. The gods built he rainbow.
4. Which is true according to the selection?
a. The gods pitied the farmer.
b. All the star maidens escaped away.
c. The star maiden did not leave the farmer
d. The farmer and one star maiden had two sons.
5. The selection explained the ___________ of the rainbow.
a. Story b. Legend c. Epic d. Novel

II. Reading: Read the story below, then answer the questions that follow.
“HOW THE MOON AND THE STARS CAME TO BE”
Bukidnon (Mindanao)
One day in the times when the sky was close to the ground a spinster went out to pound
rice. Before she began her work, she took off the beads from around her neck and the comb from
her hair, and hung them on the sky, which at that time looked like coral rock.
Then she began working, and each time that she raised her pestle into the air it struck the
sky. For some time she pounded the rice, and then she raised the pestle so high that it struck the
sky very hard.
Immediately the sky began to rise, and it went up so far that she lost her ornaments. Never
did they come down, for the comb became the moon and the beads are the stars that are scattered
about.
6. Who is the main character in the story?
a. A spinster b. a villager c. a farmer d. a pitcher
7. “One day when the times that the sky was close to the ground…” is the ________ of the
story.
a. Plot b. setting c. character d. conflict
8. What is the turning point of the story?
a. When she pounded on the rice.
b. When she did not see her comb anymore.
 c. When she raised the pestle so high that it struck the sky very hard.
d. When she took off the beads from around her neck and hang them in the sky.
9. Which literary genre the excerpt is taken from?
a. Epic b. legend c. myth d. proverb
10. What kind of a narrative text is a story that explains a natural phenomenon or an early
history of people?
a. Proverb b. legend c. fable d. myth

III. Speaking: A) Stress - put the stress mark above the accented syllable. Use the symbol (‘).

11. Promise
12. Beautiful
13. Immortal

B. Intonation Pattern—tell whether the following sentences follow (A) rising-falling

intonation pattern or (B) rising intonation pattern. Write the letter of your answer.

14. Do you like to be a hero?

15. I’m a scholar. How about you?

IV. Grammar (Subject-Verb Agreement): Encircle the correct verb in each sentence.

16. Everybody (prepare,prepares) for a disaster that might hit our country.
17. Nobody (want,wants) to open the door.
18. Mary Anne (walk,walks) hurriedly away from the dog.
19. The judges (admire,admires) the confidence of the contestants.
20. Participants from different schools (discuss,discusses) the plan carefully.
21. The manager (is,are) very organized in his work.
22. Many pilgrims (is,are) sincere in their devotion.
23. Mrs. Santos (was,were) unhappy about the incident yesterday.
24. The honorees (was,were) grateful for the recognition given to them.
25. (Do,does) the girl show interest in acting?

V. Essay (26-30)
Write a short paragraph about the importance of valuing elders’ wisdom.
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Prepared by:

JENNILYN A. PALOMA